{"id":64001,"date":"2026-05-06T15:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/paul-mccartneys-new-lp-includes-his-first-ever-duet-with-ringo-starr\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:00:27","slug":"paul-mccartneys-new-lp-includes-his-first-ever-duet-with-ringo-starr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/paul-mccartneys-new-lp-includes-his-first-ever-duet-with-ringo-starr\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul McCartney&#8217;s New LP Includes His First Ever Duet With Ringo Starr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/paul-mccartney\/\" id=\"auto-tag_paul-mccartney\" data-tag=\"paul-mccartney\">Paul McCartney<\/a> has been making music with Ringo Starr ever since the classic Beatles lineup was solidified in 1962. But they\u2019d never actually duetted on a track until McCartney began assembling his upcoming LP <em>The Boys Of Dungeon Lane,<\/em> and the new song \u201cHome To Us\u201d felt like a natural place to feature Starr on vocals alongside himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cIn writing the song I\u2019m talking about where we came from,\u201d McCartney <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2026\/may\/05\/paul-mccartney-the-boys-of-dungeon-lane-playback-preview-fans-abbey-road\">told members of the press<\/a> who assembled in Abbey Road on May 5 to hear a preview of the new album. \u201cIn common with a lot of people, you come from nothing, and you build yourself up. Ringo was from the Dingle, and that was well hard. He said he used to get mugged coming home because he worked. Even though it was crazy, it was home to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI made the song around that idea and sent it to Ringo,\u201d he continued. \u201cHe sent me back a version where he just added some lines to the chorus, so I thought, maybe he doesn\u2019t like it. I rang him, and he said he thought I only wanted him to sing one or two lines, and I said I\u2019d love to hear him sing the whole thing. So we took my first line, Ringo\u2019s second line, and then we had a duet. We\u2019d never done that before. Then we wanted some backing vocals and I had the idea it would be nice to hear girls. Chrissie Hynde said she\u2019d do it, and Sharleen Spiteri, they\u2019re mates. So they did it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paul McCartney - Days We Left Behind (Lyric Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2n1IhyF6R0U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tLike many songs on The Boys Of Dungeon Lane, which was produced by Andrew Watt, \u201cHome To Us\u201d looks back on McCartney\u2019s life with a heavy dose of nostalgia. The title comes from a line one \u201cDays We Left Behind,\u201d which references an area near Liverpool\u2019s River Mersey where McCartney played as a child. It also reflects on the \u201csecret code\u201d he shared with John Lennon at his childhood home. \u201cI stand by what I said,\u201d he sings. \u201cThe promise that I made will never be broken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cThis was a lot of memories of Liverpool for me,\u201d McCartney told the press, \u201cbut also any days we\u2019ve left behind. Everyone\u2019s got them \u2013 school, old mates. [The song] has memories of John in the middle, that\u2019s lovely to go back to.\u201d When asked what sort of \u201csecret code\u201d he had with Lennon, McCartney laughed. \u201cI\u2019m not telling,\u201d he said. \u201cYou make a lot of stuff up when you write songs.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ editors-pick-module lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tEditor\u2019s picks<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tMcCartney goes back even further in time on \u201cSalesman Saint\u201d when he sings about his parents. \u201cI was born in 1942, in the war,\u201d he said. \u201cI was too young to appreciate that, but my parents weren\u2019t. My dad was a fireman, putting out fires from the bombs. My mum was a nurse and midwife. But they carried on, because they had to. Like people in Ukraine, Gaza, and elsewhere now.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paul McCartney \u2013 The Boys of Dungeon Lane (Official Album Trailer)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zckLcAuyG20?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cDown South\u201d is a reflection of the early days of the Beatles, while \u201cAs You Lie There\u201d touches upon an unrequited childhood crush on a neighbor girl named Jasmine. \u201cI didn\u2019t know how to approach her. I never spoke to her,\u201d McCartney said. \u201cThe joke was, she did show up later that year and knocked on the door. I was indisposed \u2013 I was on the toilet \u2013 so I missed Jasmine!\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tBy cosmic coincidence, the very same day that McCartney met with the press in London to promote his new Andrew Watt-produced LP, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/rolling-stones-album-conan-obrien-things-learned-1235558323\/\">Rolling Stones were meeting with the press in New York City<\/a> to promote their new Andrew Watt-produced album, <em>Foreign Tongues.<\/em> It features McCartney on one track, which was recorded at the Hackney Diamonds sessions in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney have no dates on the books at the moment, and it\u2019s unclear if the Stones have plans to ever tour again. But Ringo Starr \u2013 who recently teamed up with producer T-Bone Burnett on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/ringo-starr-country-album-long-long-road-interview-1235540586\/\">his new solo LP <em>Long Long Road<\/em><\/a> \u2013 is kicking off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringostarr.com\/tour\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">another leg of his All Starr Band tour on May 28 in Temecula, California.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/paul-mccartneys-new-album-duet-ringo-starr-1235558482\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul McCartney has been making music with Ringo Starr ever since the classic Beatles lineup was solidified in 1962. 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